| Title: | Real estate library |
| Description: | Man in suit reaching for volume in stacks of former Hall of Records (since destroyed) on Livingston Street and Court Square. Caption: "Real Estate Library: Piled up like stacks of wheat cakes are volumes in the record room of the Register's office in the Hall of Records, containing real estate conveyance and mortgage data. John W. Crowley, Assistant Deputy Register in charge, is reaching for one of the heavy volumes." |
| Date: | 1946 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] Downtown Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [3] |
| Creator: | Brooklyn eagle. |
| More Details: |
Title from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: May 12, 1946; "Eagle staff photo." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks. |
| Collection: | Government [4]
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| Subject: |
Municipal buildings [5] Lost architecture [6] Archivists [7] Public records [8] |
| Institution: | Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection. |
| Medium: |
Gelatin silver prints. Photographic prints. |
| Rights: | Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Brooklyn Collection at Brooklyn Public Library. |
| ID: | GOVT 0125 |